One thing I know about living with cats is not to argue with them. They are going to do what they are going to do. The weather has been really nice for a while now, so I have been leaving the windows open. This of course means even more entertainment for the cats. Unfortunately they can’t access all the windows equally. My bedroom has a door with a openable window that looks onto the back patio. The back patio is a gather place for birds and squirrels because I put bird food out there. The back patio can also be viewed from the French doors in the family room, but for whatever reason, the cats really like looking from my bedroom door’s window. I guess the perspective is better. Anyway, the cats, mainly Orlando, kept jumping up and hanging onto the window sill. Even worse, sometimes they would hang on to the screen, which was seriously damaging the screen. I will say, I was impressed with the cats’ strength to hang on like this. There is a slight foothold with the ledge of the now-closed dog door.
There is nothing I could do to stop the cats from hanging onto the window, so I just made it easier for them to look out the window and hopefully keep their claws out of the screen. I moved a dining room chair under the window.
The cats like this new viewing platform which allows easier viewing out the window. Now I have to figure out what to do about the office. Thus far the elliptical machine, when I am not using it, serves as a decent platform to look out the window. That window looks to my front yard and the busy sidewalk and street, where there is much to see. The cats want a better platform. Rosalind sometimes sits on the window sill, which doesn’t look comfortable. I may have to put a better platform there.
Very cute